PMO - Program Management Office
Many organizations are tackling large, complex efforts that combine the delivery of products and services, new and changed business models, and overall changes to organizational structure and capabilities. Typically these efforts involve several parallel projects, and managers are finding that "traditional" project management approaches fall short for such undertakings.
A Programme Management Office (PMO) within an organization is the department or group that defines and maintains the standards of processes, being the source of documentation, guidance and metrics for the organization. It is an efficient tool to implement change and process development. We can assist you in implementing a PMO in the following areas:
- Assessment – to help you determine what needs to be done
- Business process documentation
- Communications planning
- Tailored design of a program management infrastructure
- Phased implementation strategy
- Staff mentoring
Today's emphasis is to do more with less. Projects are more closely scrutinized than ever before. These challenges have motivated many organizations to implement project management offices (PMOs) to ensure that projects are delivered on time, within budget and produce efficiencies.
Advantages
- Organizations with PMOs complete twice as many projects than those without PMOs.
- 76 percent of recently surveyed companies reported that they had created a PMO, and the longer the PMO had been in operation, the more project success rates improved.
- The top two issues for PMOs are forecasting the need for resources and resolving resource conflicts.
- The top two reasons for establishing a PMO are improving project success rates and implementation of standard practices.
- PMOs can deliver a return in three to six months by providing the visibility needed to cancel, postpone, or scale back unnecessary or less strategic projects. We know how